Three IAF officers awarded the Kirti Chakra

Three officers including an IAF officers who died in rescue operations in Uttarakhand flood victims, a naval officer who sailed around the world and Army Major killed three Maoists were awarded Kirti Chakra on Saturday, the second highest in gallantry award.

A civil engineer of the Border Roads Organization who lost his life while saving his three colleagues in an accident in Assam and a young IAF jawan who saved a village from burning were among the 10 personnel who were awarded Shaurya Chakra by the President Pranab Mukherjee.